Mechanically-moved toy



July 1927 E. KEPPNER MECHANICALLY'MOVED TOY Filed 001;. 25. 1926 2sheets-sheet 1 Zwvafar:

July 26, 1927. E. KEPPNER MECHANICALLY MOVED TOY Fi led Oct. 25. 1926 2Sheets-Sheet 2 I 711 7 %7'1/012 {AM/W W Patented July 26, 1927.

UNITED ST ES 1,535,864 PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST KEPPNER, OF N'UBEMBERG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO' THE FIRM BLECHSPIEL-wAnnNFABRI JQHANN DISTLER; on NUREMIBERG, BAVARIA.

MECHANICALLY-MOVED TOY. I

Application filed October 23, 1926, Serial No. 143,652; and in GermanyJanuary 13, 1926.

This invention relates to a mechanically moved to} or" that kind inwhich in a socket like casing coupling elements and supporting arms arearranged which are rotated in a circleby means of a clockworkandanfiuenced by. an action from the outer side, said supporting armsmoving figures wh ch project from the casing, so that the one ligurecatches up with another figure whereby for instance a pursuit isimitated.

From tovs of this kind and of known construction the toy according tothe invention differs by its special construction, essentially withregard to the arrangement of the inner couplin elements and ot thearrangement which limits the pursuit-proceedino; to a predeterminedduration of rotation, wherebv the tov is made much more interest ing.the construction being simplified and the cost of manufacturing reduced.

.Vith this object in view one of the arms, which earrv the tov-figures.is connected to the axle oi the clock-work the other supporting armbeing loosely mounted on this axle. but pulled along by the positivelyoperated supporting arm with the aid ot a coupling lever, oscillatablvmounted on said arm. an adjust-ingandbrake lever be ng; arranged for thesupportingarms at the side of the track. so that it partly embracesthese arms and so that it can be operated from the outer side. I 1

According to the directionan whicn tors adjusting brake-lever is movedthe loose arin is braked. i. e. its toy-figure is kept oack so that themoving supporting aim nannies until, bv means of the adjusted couplinglever; the loose supporting arm with its hf;- ure is drawn up to the endof said brakelever. I A tov according to the invention 1 bv wai ofexample, in the acco drawing in which Fig.1 is a front elevation partlyin tion. the base plate dove-tail being; omitted.

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Fig. 3 shows a constructional detail. Fig. a: shows in side elevationpartly 1n section a figure imitating a policeman who regulates thetratlic.

With a base plate Z) which has dove-tails a at the edge. a bottom plate0 connected by means of bow-shaped elements (I gripping over bothplates. and which might imitate constructive works of the railwayconstruc tion, in such a manner that between the two plates an annularslot 6 is formed. A supporting arm 7 has a vertical support 2' at itsouter end. which projects through the annular slot 6. The axle 7b of theclockwork has a winding square g. The lever arm f has at its outer end avertical support 2' on which a toy motor car or other tov figure 7: isfixed. On the axle h a second arm Z is rotatably mounted which carrieson a vertical pin m projectingthrough the annular slot 6 a second toyfigure, for in.- stance a cyclist n. Asickle-shaped twoarm lever 0, p isrotatably mounted on the supporting arm which is controlled hv atwo-armed lever r, s pivotall mounted on apin 1 fixed on the lowersurface of the base plate b. The arm 7 of this twoarmed level-is.adapted 'tobe operated bv means of a handle a which projects 'hr oua'lian arc-shaped slot 25 of the'base plat-cf The arm 1* carries a stop nosea projecting towards the clockwork and having at one. side a downwardlyprojecting flan go 20 serving-as abutmentp The other arm 3 oftheitwoarmed lever carries a downwardly projectmg pressure plate :0which cooperateswith a slide a guided on the arm Z and'eontrolled by aspring 3 or with an vupwardlv directed abutment plate 2 of this slide.The slide 2 carries a pin 3 upwardly projecting through the arm Z andadapted to be brought into or out of the range of the arm '7) of thecatch lever accordingto the position oi slide .2. The length of the stopnos-e 0; and the projection of the pressure plate m are selected .sothat the coupling levero. p. which in the; position shown in Fig. 3 andatthe extremeposition of the adjusting lever. r. .9 shown in thisfigure, is out of engagement with the pin 3 of "the slide .2 pressed onbv the pressure plate so that after the winding up of the clockwork thetoy fig irealone is moved in a circle. If the arm 1" of the adjusting.lever r, s is then moved in wards the slide 2', owing to the backwardmovement of the pressure. plate a; is shifted treme position indicatedin Fig. 3 in dash lines, the arm 0 strikes against the abutment plate toso that, when the supporting arm 7 continues to move, the arms 0, p ofthe coupling lever are folded over onto this supporting arm f. At thesame time the supporting arm Z, owing to the sickle-shape of the arm 79of the coupling lever which grips the pin 3, is pulled on at acceleratedspeed so that the supporting arms 7 and Z are the one directly behindthe other and that the toy figure it has come up with the toy figure 7awhich has been'stopped by the supporting arms 7 striking against theabutment plate.

In this manner the police regulation valid in the United States can bereproduced in V the game that the traflic-policeman observes a. driverof a motor car, for instance, from under one of the imitation railwayconstructions, pursues him and forces him finally to stop.

The toy figure which represents the tratfic policeman mounted on abicycle can stop under a. bridge or the like as, the pressure plate isarranged underneath such a superstructure. As long as at the releasingof the stop nose 1: the projecting slide a does not butt against thepressure plate a2 which is in the braking position the loosely rotatablesupporting arm Z is drawn along by means of the coupling lever 29 fromthe fixed sup porting arm If however the slide a strikes against thepressure plate 00 the movable supporting arm Zis locked and the finedarm 7 continuesto move alone, the coupling arm 7) being turned beyondthe catch pin 3 until it strikes against the abutment l,

In order to make the game more interesting the arrangement is made thatby means oithe handle a of the two-armed lever r, s

- and by abutments 5, 6 on the stop nose 4) a .toy figure which imitatesa policeman or the like is moved forward or backward as these abutments5, 6 of the adjusting lever are coupled with a projection 7 of thebottom plate Sol this toy figure 9. Underneath the base plate aninclined guide 10 is arranged with which a connecting rod 11 ot the arm13 ot' the toy figure 9, said arm having a crank 12,

cooperates in such a manner that when the toy figure 9 is advanced thearm 13 is raised by the inclined guide 10 so that the toy figure 7c isstopped.

I claim j 1. A mechanically operated toy comprise ing in combination abase plate, two toy figures on said base plate, a clockwork, asupporting arm for one of said toy figures r1gid with and operated fromsaid clockwork, a

supporting arm for the other toy figure loosely connectedto saidclockwork, a twoarmed adjusting lover, a pressure or brake plate on theouter end of one of the arms of said adjusting lever, means foroperating said adjusting lever from the outer side, a spring controlledslide shiftable on said loose supporting arm, a sickle-shaped twoarmedcoupling lever pivotally mounted on said fiX-ed supporting arm, apin onthe inner and said slide is pushed back by. said pres sure or brakeplate and said pin of said slide comes out of the range of said couplinglever whilst when said slide is released said coupling lever catchessaid pin and pulls said loose supporting arm gradually towards said nredsupporting arm until bothsupporting arms are stopped by said brake nose.

2. A mechanically operated toy comprising in combination a base plate,two toy ures on said base plate, a clockwork, a supporting arm for oneof said toy figures rigid with and operated from said'clockwork, asupporting arm for the other toy figure loosely connected to saidclockwork, a twoarmed adjusting lever, a pressure or bral e plate on theouter end or one of the arms of: said adjusting lever, means foroperating said adjusting lever from the outer side, a spring controlledslide shittable on said loose supportingarm, a sickle-shaped two-armedcoupling lever pivotally mounted on said fiX-ed supporting arm, a pin onthe inner end of said slide adapted to come into the range of saidcoupling lever, a brake arm at the free end of the second arm ofsaidadjusting lever, a brake nose on said brake arm and adapted to actupon said coupling lever so that, it said adjusting lever is operatedsaid brake arm releases said coupling arm and said slide is pushed backby said pressureor' brake plate and said pin or said slide comes out ofthe range of said coupling lever, whilst when said slide is releasedsaid coupling lever catches said pin and pulls said loose supporting armgradually towards said fixed supporting arm until both supporting armsare stopped by said brake nos-e, a third toy figure at the side o1 thebase plate, a movable arm of aid toy figure, a connecting rod hing-edlymounted on said arm, an inclined guide underneath said third toy figure,a stop nose at the upper end of said inclined guide, and means forconnecting said connecting rod with said adjusting lever so that the armof said third toy figure is lifted when said first mentioned two toyfigures are stopped.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

